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Oct 18, 2024
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AVCS 3780 - Ancient Art’s Contexts5 credit hours
The course focuses on contextual study of aspects of ancient art through a series of case studies, particularly addressing how the current physical context as well as the original historical context of a work of art can affect its meaning and interpretation over time. The historical record of ancient artifacts is often fragmentary and dependent upon their modern locations and the history of how they got there. Students examine how the meaning of an object can depend upon its current location, the circumstances of its archaeological discovery, and the history of its use and display. Class topics include art crime, looting, damage sustained by a work of art, the displacement of objects in museums, and the study of “patriarchal” history writing.
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